Language of Medicine
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| Which term includes sessile and pedunculated types of growths? | Polypoid
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| What does staging a tumore mean? | Assessing the extent of tumor spread
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| What is the definition of mutation? | Inheritable change in a cell/change in the genetic material of a cell
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| Which is an example of genetic material that causes cancer? | Oncogens
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| Which is a description of exenteration? | Wide resection of a tumor and removal of surrounding tissues
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| Which is a description of pharmacokinetics? | Study of the distribution and removal of the drugs in the body
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| What term means assisting or aiding? | Adjuvant
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| Which term is used in treatment of tumors with radiation? | Linear accelerator
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| Which is a description of an estrogen receptor assay? | Tests the concentration of hormone receptor sites in cells of breast cancer patients
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| Which best describes a wide surgical incision of the abdomen to detect disease | Staging laparotomy
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| Which term means cancerous tumor derived from bone? | Osteogenic sarcoma
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| A side effect of radiation therapy (redness of skin)? | Erythema
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| A side effect of chemotherapy or radiotherapy (hair loss): | Alopecia
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| Inflammation of the inner lining of an organ: | Mucositis
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| What does a radiologist do? | specializes in diagnostic techniques such as a ultrasound, MRI, and CT scans
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| X-ray of the renal pelvis and urinary tract after injecting dye into a vein: | IVP
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| Myelogram: | x-ray of the spinal cord
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| Which is an s-ray of a joint? | arthrogram
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| Which term describes an x-ray test to show an organ in depth? | tomography
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| In which test is a radiopharmaceutical injected intravenously and traced within the vessels of the lung? | perfusion study of the lung
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| What is an in vivo test? | experiments are performed in a living organism
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| PACS is a: | system to replace traditional films with digital equivalents
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| FDG is a: | radiopharmaceutical used in a PET scan
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| DICOM is a: | protocol for transmission between imaging devices
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| Radiopaque substances are given and x-rays are taken | contrast studies
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| Use of motion picture techniques to record x-ray images | cineradiography
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| Echoes of high-frequecy sound waves are used to diagnose disease | ultrasonography
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| X-ray beams are focused from the body onto an image intensifier that glows as a result of the ionizing effect of x-rays | fluroscopy
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| a magnetic fielf and radio waves are used to form images of the body | magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
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| X-ray pictures are taken circularly around an area of the body and a computer synthesizes the information into a composite axial picture | computed tomography (CT)
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| Therapeutic procedures are performed by a radiologist under the guidance of fluoroscopy or ultrasound | intervental radiology
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| x-ray of joints | arthrography
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| x-ray of spinal cord | myelography
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| x-ray of uterus and falllopian tubes | hysterosalpingography
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| x-ray of blood vessels | angiography
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| x-ray of esophagus, stomach, and small intestine | upper GI series
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| x-ray of lower gastrointestinal tach | barium enema
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| x-ray of renal pelvis and urinary tract | pyelography
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| x-ray of bile vessels (ducts) | cholangiography
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| radioactive drug (radionuclide plus chemical) that is administered for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes | radiopharmaceutical
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| small nipple-like projections: | papillary
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| abnormal formation of cells | dysplastic
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| a physician who specializes in diagnostic radiology | radiologist
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| study of the uses of radioactive substances in the diagnosis of disease: | nuclear medicine
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| removal of tumor and a margin of normal tissue for diagnosis and possible cure of small tumors | excisional biopsy
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| burning a lesion to destroy tumor cells | cauterization
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| wide resection involving removal of tumor, its organ of origin, and surrounding tissue in the body space | exenteration
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| destruction of tissue by electric sparks generated by high-frequency current | fulguration
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| removal of entire tumor and regional lymph nodes | en bloc resection
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| freezing a lesion to kill tumor cells | cryosurgery
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| cutting into a tumor and removing a piece to establish a diagnosis | incisional biopsy
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